I think of Nick Drake as the Sylvia Plath of music and Pink Moon as his Bell Jar. Drake struggled with depression and didn't hesitate to write about these struggles in his music. Though lyrically he wasn't as autobiographical as Plath, he did no hide the motivations beside much of his music and its mood. And that's the key to Nick Drake, mood. Pink Moon, more than any other album you may ever hear, sets an inescapable mood of melancholy. The genius of Drake of course is that he can construct such a mood with little more than his voice, his lyrics, and his guitar.
This album sits at number 27 on the Best of the 70's list. If you feel melancholy and you want to fully embrace that feeling then this is the album for you. Great for putting on your headphones for a late at night walk after experiencing a heartbreak.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 3 out of 5 stars for Pretty Good.
Love this record.
ReplyDeleteNick Drake's stuff, for me, is always a crud-clearer. Listening to Nick Drake helps me be happy about whatever it is I'm really happy about, be sad about whatever it is I'm really sad about or anything in between. It's the antidote to being staggered by a peer's death but, instead of experiencing that, getting angry that I have to write a press release.
By the way, Sylvia Plath? Bell Jar? I'm never going to catch up.
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